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| Name | Sons of Anarchy MC |
| Caption | Sons of Anarchy logo |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Founding Location | USCharming, California, United States |
| Founded By | John Teller and Piermont "Piney" Winston |
| Years Active | 1967 � present |
| Territory | Chapters throughout North America and Europe |
| Ethnic Makeup | White and Hispanic |
| Membership Est | Estimated over 500 members world-wide |
| Criminal Activities | Arms trafficking, assault, murder, pornography, extortion, protection racketeering, people smuggling, witness intimidation, loan sharking, robbery, hijacking and trafficking in stolen goods |
| Allies | Black Guerrilla Family, Cacuzza crime family, Devil's Tribe, Grim Bastards, Lin Triad, One-Niners and True IRA |
| Rivals | Aryan Brotherhood, L.O.A.N., Mayans, Nordics |
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The Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (SAMCRO) or SOA, is a fictional outlaw motorcycle club and organized crime syndicate from the FX television series Sons of Anarchy. The club was formed by John Teller and Piermont "Piney" Winston, two Vietnam War veterans, in 1967 in Charming, California. Six of the original nine members were war veterans. Their logo is a Grim Reaper wielding an M-16 rifle with scythe blade and holding a crystal ball. The Sons' mottos are "Fear the Reaper" and "Ride Free or Die", and their colors are purple and white. The club has 28 chapters worldwide. In North America, these are located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, New England, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming in the United States, and Alberta and Manitoba in Canada. There are also a number of chapters in England, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. The club has a signature weapon. All members are known to carry knives on their waistbands. They are inspired by the real life Hells Angels.
The series follows the club's Mother Chapter, the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, or SAMCRO. The chapter's President is Clay Morrow and his Vice President is Jax Teller. Their primary business is importing illegal weapons and selling them to drug gangs in the East Bay, along with protection runs for local businesses by protecting valuable truck shipments from hijacking. They also protect Charming from outside gangs who try to manufacture and sell drugs, mainly methamphetamine, there. Naturally, their main enemy is the White supremacist Nordics gang who specialize in the meth trade. The fact that the Sons of Anarchy are racially diverse also puts them at odds. They also have to deal with a rival Oakland-based motorcycle club, the Mayans, who control the neighboring territory of Nevada, and the League of American Nationalists, another criminal racist organization. The Sons of Anarchy also have a number of allies, in the form of the True IRA, which supplies them with illegal Russian-made guns, and the One-Niners, an African American street gang to which SAMCRO sells weapons, and various affiliates in the state prison system.
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